flat wheel

Example Sentences

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The third-class car, joggling along on a flat wheel, was full of the smell of sweat and sour wine.

From One Man's Initiation—1917 by Dos Passos, John

An occasional Madison Avenue car could be heard ringing along the cold rails, or rhythmically bounding down hill on a flat wheel.

From The Happiest Time of Their Lives by Miller, Alice Duer

And as "Lady" told of the beauty of the meadow where we had been delayed "almost two hours by an old flat wheel, or something like that—isn't that the term, Mr. Crosby?"

From The Professor's Mystery by Hastings, Wells

"Can't you run on a flat wheel?" asked Ralph anxiously.

From The Border Boys Across the Frontier by Goldfrap, John Henry

If they are markedly short, the result will be a monotonous, choppy, jolting effect, like a flat wheel on a street-car.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)